Support for cutter bars of mowing machines



June 9; 1931. w, HARDY 1,809,751

SUPPORT FOR CUTTER BARS OF MOWING MACHINES Filed June 13, 1929 J W H71254 10 underthe cutter bar and extending from end When in use it willbe apparent that the Patented June 9, 1931 I V V UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE JAMES W. HARDY, OF RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS SUPPORT FOR CUTTER BARSOF MOWING MACHINES Application filed June 13, 1929. Serial No. 370,509.

The invention relates to mowing machines guard fingers to the cutter barA. The and has for its object the provision of a suptongues are splitbetween the two guard finport for the cutter bar when the machine isgers to which each tongue is attached as used for cutting grain or grassover a stubble shown at 6 and the parts of the tongues ad- 5 field toprevent breaking or dulling the cutjacent to the split 6 are bentupwardly as 5 ting blades by contacting with stubble and shown at 7 toengage between the two guard with roots and stones. fingers to which thetongues may be attached To this end the inventionconsists in the tobrace the attachment of the support on provision of a plate adapted tobe secured the cutter bar.

to end thereof, said plate having a downwardflat portion 3 by riding onthe ground at the ly and rearwardly curved extension that rides rear ofthe cutter bar serves to support the, on the ground and that raises thecutter bar cutter bar above the ground and to prevent over obstructionsas they may be encountered it contacting with stubble or roots or stonesduring the mowing operation to prevent dullthat may be in the field overwhich the ma; 65

ing or breaking of the knives of thecutter chine is being operated.blade. WVhat is claimed is The invention will be described in detail 1.A support for mower cutter bars, COlIliereinafter and will be foundillustrated in prising a plate attachable under a Cut-tel ba theompanying drawings in which i V and extending from end to end thereof,said 70 Figure l is a top plan view of the support plate beingdownwardly and rearwardly ex- T Cutter bars of mowing machines showingtended from said cutter bar and adapted to it applied to a cutter barShOWIl frflg support it above the ground and obstructions tarily,thereon. a Figure 2 is a cross sectional view on a plane 7 2. A deviceas set forth in claim 1 in which 75 indicated by the line 22 of Figure1, the the part of the plate attached to the guard I figulg being on alarger Scale then that hown is provided with a rearwardly deflectedporin Figure 1, I 7 tion adaptedto engage under the cutter bar,

Figure 3 is a frOIl Vi w Of a r g of and forwardly extended tonguesadapted to the pp 3130 Shown on all enlarged Scale; be secured underguard fingers on the cutter 80 and bar; 7 I

Flglllfi 4: l8 3. transverse SQCtlOIlZLl dBlliLll O11 support for mowerutter bars on a plane indicated by the lin 0f Figure prising a plateattachable and extending from In the drawings similar referencecharacd td of a tt b th l t ters are used to designate corresponding parts id dith' rearwardly t di o ti 35 in all of the VieWsengageable under thecutter bar and integral,

In Figure 1 the pp is Shown pp forwardly directed tongues adapted to beseto a fragment of m w g i e Gutter cured under guard fingers on thecutter bar, designated'A having g r fi g The said tongues being splitand bent upwardly 40 support comprises aplate 1 h vi g an pon the twosides of the splitto engage between wardly curved portion 2 and a flatrear pordj nt guard fing rs; tion 3 that drags on the ground and over0b- In t stimony whereof I affix my signature. structions in the fieldwhen the device is. in JAMES W. HARDY. operation. The upper portion ofthe plate 1 o 45 is extended rearwardly as shown at 4 and engaging underthe cutter bar A and forms a brace for the plate, and 5 indicatestongues integral with said plate and extending forwardly thereof andsecured under the guard a 50 fingers B by means of bolts C attaching ther

